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Chocolate tastes amazing, looks amazing, smells amazing. So it is the perfect gift for any chocolate lover or as just an indulgence for yourself. But it's a bit boring just to eat or give a simple bar of chocolate. Why not get creative, combine different flavors, make your treats look interesting? It's quite simple and doesn't require complicated equipment or lots of skill. Making your own chocolate is fun, satisfying and has a lovely, sweet reward at the end. Here you will learn how to make truffles and edible chocolate cases to put them in. They look incredibly sweet and taste great. So give them a try.

Steps

Mix the crumbled Madeira cake and melted chocolate together. They should make a thick, coarse paste.

Roll them into balls about the size of your eyeball. You have made a basic truffle.

Roll your truffles around in the bowl of cocoa powder. Make sure they are covered completely.

Leave them to set on a tray or in a bowl but make sure they are not touching or your truffles may become deformed.

When the truffles are fully set dunk them in the melted chocolate.

When the chocolate is set, drizzle the melted chocolate to decorate the truffles. Try different colors.

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Petit-Fours

Melt the remaining chocolate in a microwavable container, stirring occasionally. The amount of time may vary according to the power of your microwave, so keep checking and stirring the chocolate.

Brush the melted chocolate gently around the inside of the cake cases. Paint it thinly and assure that the chocolate gets inside all the grooves. Once you've done all 20-30 petit-fours cake cases the first one you painted should be dry. however you should still check. Repeat this roughly four times until the edge of the chocolate inside the cases is about 4mm.

When you are absolutely sure the chocolate is set, peel off the paper cases and discard.

The truffles should be set after about one hour of being put aside. When they're set place them inside the chocolate cases and you're done.

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Decorate the finished truffles and petit-fours. When the petit-fours are finished, decorate them by rolling them in different color powdered cocoa, or drizzle them with different color chocolate.

Community Q&A

Tips

Stirring the chocolate every 30 seconds when it's being microwaved is important or the chocolate may burn.

When you are letting the truffles cool put them in the fridge to make the mixture set more quickly.

When you are letting the chocolate set in the paper cups put it in the fridge too, for the same reasons as above.

If foil coated petite fours cake cases are available try to use them as they'll hold their shape better. Also if you have reusable, silicone, petite fours cases use them.

When you've made your first set of truffles feel free to experiment. Coat them in melted chocolate and sprinkles. Or layer different types of chocolate inside the cake cases. Use your imagination!

Warnings

Be careful when melting the chocolate, it can get very hot.

Make sure not to put anything metal inside the microwave.

Things You'll Need

Microwave Bowl

Heat-Resistant Plastic Spoon

Petit-Fours Cake Cases (They look like miniature muffin cups. They come in parchment paper or aluminum.) They can be found in different shapes and sizes. The ones you need here are approximately one inch round.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 12 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 8,292 times.